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It's fair, I was questioning Sunyata's imminent n+1 purchase just the other day.

The warbird is great and putting slicks on it is fine for now. But I can feel the difference when I get on it after riding the Supernova (which is less slack) and vice versa. Plus I'm tired of hearing a certain someone tell me that I'd be much much faster if only I were on a "real road bike" with 23s at 120psi*.

Plus I'm tired of hearing a certain someone tell me that I'd be much much faster if only I were on a "real road bike" with 30s at 60psi*.

I fixed it again. Wait, I see a trend.

Honestly, the bike won't make any measurable difference. Tires will. But I'm not discouraging you from n+1ing. I just wanted to share my experience where I've got one bike that can pretty much do anything from light MTB to road racing with just a wheel swap -- and feels fantastic great doing any of it, and another bike that is feels great doing one thing, riding/racing on pavement. When I broke a spoke chasing Subby up a WedsMorning Hill, I swapped my road wheelset onto my commuter (tubeless 28s on 50mm carbon rims). And I immediately had a thought stream that went something like: "Wow this bike feels fast. Wow, this feels a lot like my road bike, actually, with maybe a little more relaxed steering. Wait, why on earth do I have two bikes that are so similar?"

I do think going to XD with a little 10 cog would make sense for me, so I would do that if I decided to really consolidate down to just one pavement-or-not bike.

Honestly, the bike won't make any measurable difference. Tires will. But I'm not discouraging you from n+1ing. I just wanted to share my experience where I've got one bike that can pretty much do anything from light MTB to road racing with just a wheel swap -- and feels fantastic great doing any of it, and another bike that is feels great doing one thing, riding/racing on pavement. When I broke a spoke chasing Subby up a WedsMorning Hill, I swapped my road wheelset onto my commuter (tubeless 28s on 50mm carbon rims). And I immediately had a thought stream that went something like: "Wow this bike feels fast. Wow, this feels a lot like my road bike, actually, with maybe a little more relaxed steering. Wait, why on earth do I have two bikes that are so similar?"

I do think going to XD with a little 10 cog would make sense for me, so I would do that if I decided to really consolidate down to just one pavement-or-not bike.

This is where I need to go...been staring at craigslist and ebay for cyclocross bikes, but really, I need one bike where I can just swap out wheel sets and get what I want. That said, I'm killing myself for not jumping on this Litespeed Titanium bike I saw on craigslist a couple weeks ago...of course, it's gone.